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>> well, let's focus on john sununu. for john sununu, a moment's thought is a moment wasted. [laughter] he knew what he was saying. >> he had dug himself into a hole and he felt there was about it -- >> word in defense of john sununu. he has laid out a formulation that colin powell should be proud supporting barack obama because they are of the semis, which means that, obvusly, john sununu, being white, is proud to be supporting mitt romney did john sununu is, believe me, and i've known him for a long time -- he is writing a new book called "dale carnegie was wrong," and it will not be a bestseller. [laughter] >> everybody has crazy uncles in the attic, and romney has john sununu, and he has donald trump, who is offering $5 million if the president will release -- >> he won't keep senate in the attic. -- sununi is in the attic. >> colby is right, they are putting him out regularly. they are not putting out stavridis or spokespersons that are not speaking with the unspoken. obama had a good line about, on the leno show. >> "it also g- all goes back when we were playing soccer
>> well, let's focus on john sununu. for john sununu, a moment's thought is a moment wasted. [laughter] he knew what he was saying. >> he had dug himself into a hole and he felt there was about it -- >> word in defense of john sununu. he has laid out a formulation that colin powell should be proud supporting barack obama because they are of the semis, which means that, obvusly, john sununu, being white, is proud to be supporting mitt romney did john sununu is, believe me, and...
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>> well, let's focus on john sununu for just a second. for john sununu, a moment's thought is a moment wasted. [laughter] he is well known for coming up with lines like that. he knew what he was saying. >> you could see him picking himself into a hole and then feeling nervous about it. >> award in defense of john sununu. he basically had a formulation that colin powell should be proud of supporting barack obama because they belong to the same race, which means that obviously, john sununu who is white is proud to be supporting mitt romney. john sununu is -- believe me, i have known him for a long time -- he is writing a book called "dale carnegie was wrong." [laughter] and it will not be a bestseller. >> everybody is crazy uncles in the attic, and romney as john sununu, and he also has donald trump, who is offering $5 million if the president would just releases college records. sununu in thekeep at. >> colby is right, they put sununu out there regularly. whenever you say about mitt romney's campaign, is a very disciplined campaign, and th
>> well, let's focus on john sununu for just a second. for john sununu, a moment's thought is a moment wasted. [laughter] he is well known for coming up with lines like that. he knew what he was saying. >> you could see him picking himself into a hole and then feeling nervous about it. >> award in defense of john sununu. he basically had a formulation that colin powell should be proud of supporting barack obama because they belong to the same race, which means that obviously,...
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the romney campaign deployed former governor john sununu to respond. that's when things got ugly. >> when you take a look at colin paul, you have to wonder whether that's an endorsement mace basted on issues or whether he has a slightly different reason for preferring president obama. >> what reason would that be? >> well, when you have somebody of your own race that you're proud of being president of the united states, i applaud colin for standing with him. >> did you catch the first line from sununu? here it is. >> when you take a look at colin powell -- >> he said, when you take a look at colin powell. as if it's obvious why powell would endorse a black president because he's a black guy too, right? this is outrageous. this morning radio host michael had an interview with the president and asked the president of the united states if he was offended by sununu's remarks. >> any suggestion that general powell would make such a profound statement in such an important election based on anything other than what he thought was what is going to be best for
the romney campaign deployed former governor john sununu to respond. that's when things got ugly. >> when you take a look at colin paul, you have to wonder whether that's an endorsement mace basted on issues or whether he has a slightly different reason for preferring president obama. >> what reason would that be? >> well, when you have somebody of your own race that you're proud of being president of the united states, i applaud colin for standing with him. >> did you...
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for john sununu, a moment's thought is a moment wasted. [laughter] he is known for comoming up with lines like that. he knew what he was saying. >> he would dig himself into a hole and fall there was about it. >> he has bically laid o a formulation that colin powell should be proud of supporting barack obama because they belong to theame race bewhich means that obviously john sununu, being white is proud to support mitt romney. john sununu is, believe me, and i've known him a long time -- he is writing a book cled "dale carnegie wasas wrong." [laughter] and it will not be a bestseller. >> everybody has crazy uncles in the attic, and ron has john sununu, and he has donald trump who is offering $5 million if obama w would just releases college records -- >> he doesn't keep sununu in the attic. >> colbyby is right, they put sununu out there regularly. the romney campaign is very disciplined, and t they are not puputting out surrogates or spokespersons who are not speaking what they want spoken. >> the president had a good line when asked abou
for john sununu, a moment's thought is a moment wasted. [laughter] he is known for comoming up with lines like that. he knew what he was saying. >> he would dig himself into a hole and fall there was about it. >> he has bically laid o a formulation that colin powell should be proud of supporting barack obama because they belong to theame race bewhich means that obviously john sununu, being white is proud to support mitt romney. john sununu is, believe me, and i've known him a long...
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, john sununu and david plouffe. looks like immigration will die in congress. will it be an issue in 2016? >> presidential elections are national elections. i don't think is that likely to be an issue in 2014. we have made a bill and made a calculation that they think they need to focus on obamacare, the economy, other issues that will drive the outcome in november. >> do you agree, david? >> they made the decision to play four corners. the notion that immigration will get done when all of the energy will be in the republican primary base as rand paul and marco rubio are running around new hampshire and south carolina is unlikely. if immigration reform is not passed before 2016 may be fatally damaged. >> it will be an issue in certain states and districts but the big impact will be in 2016. >> what about the affordable care act? >> if that's the only thing they run on, the american people are getting tired of the debate. if democrats run smartly, we are able to do some of that against mitt romney and they can not jus
, john sununu and david plouffe. looks like immigration will die in congress. will it be an issue in 2016? >> presidential elections are national elections. i don't think is that likely to be an issue in 2014. we have made a bill and made a calculation that they think they need to focus on obamacare, the economy, other issues that will drive the outcome in november. >> do you agree, david? >> they made the decision to play four corners. the notion that immigration will get...
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that's what john sununu didn't want people debating, in my view. i think he quite deliberately played that race card to change the thinking of people who may be in two minds about who to vote for, you know what, this is actually about a black man voting for a black man. >> if it was an intentional dismissal, using race in that way, it just heightens the level of sinisterness of such a comment and it belies in many ways the truth of who colin powell is. >> let's play a clip from president obama today. this is what he said about it. >> any suggestion that general powell would make such a profound statement in such an important election based on anything other than what he thought was what's going to be best for america i think doesn't make much sense. >> sununu issued a statement afterwards which i found fairly laughable. colin powell's a friend, i respect the endorsement decision he made. i do not doubt it was based on anything but his support of the president's policies. piers morgan's question was whether colin powell should leave the party and i
that's what john sununu didn't want people debating, in my view. i think he quite deliberately played that race card to change the thinking of people who may be in two minds about who to vote for, you know what, this is actually about a black man voting for a black man. >> if it was an intentional dismissal, using race in that way, it just heightens the level of sinisterness of such a comment and it belies in many ways the truth of who colin powell is. >> let's play a clip from...
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>> new remarks from mitt romney surrogate john sununu. >> john sununu -- >> the former new hampshire governor -- >> talking about the president not being america. >> i wish this president would learn how to be an american. >> that's an odd thing to say. >> it's all a bunch of crap. >> he has no idea how the american system functions. >> "has no idea how the american system functions." >> no idea how the american system functions. >> yeah, except he's in charge of of it. >>> today was the single worst day of the general election campaign for mitt romney. some more politically important friends of his turned on him and that bastion of american conservatism, the "national review," gave him an order in an editorial entitled "release the returns." the editorial said, "the romney campaign says he has released as many returns as candidate john kerry did in 2004 and cites teresa heinz kerry's refusal to release any of her tax returns. neither is an apt comparison. john kerry actually released returns from 1999 through 2003 and also released tax returns during his senate runs. as for teresa h
>> new remarks from mitt romney surrogate john sununu. >> john sununu -- >> the former new hampshire governor -- >> talking about the president not being america. >> i wish this president would learn how to be an american. >> that's an odd thing to say. >> it's all a bunch of crap. >> he has no idea how the american system functions. >> "has no idea how the american system functions." >> no idea how the american system...
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. >> so this is part of the talking points of john sununu now the question comes from john sununu, does mitt romney agree with john sununu that barack obama is lazy. i think mitt romney ought to say something about that. but let's also keep in mind that john sununu is not the only person who was disrespectful of the president. let's remember jan brewer. and the health care speech september 9th, 2009, congressman joe wilson who yelled out you lie in the middle of a presidential speech, i think we had never seen anything like that before. so my question to you. being president is tough. democrats and progressives were pretty tough on george bush when he was in office. my question to you, the callers, was what happened with john sununu do people treat barack obama differently? or is this just a sign of the times? are people being too sensitive? all the time on twitter i hear from people who say you don't call him barack obama, you have to call him president barack obama, or president obama, and i think people should call him president obama, but sometimes i don't call george w. bush presid
. >> so this is part of the talking points of john sununu now the question comes from john sununu, does mitt romney agree with john sununu that barack obama is lazy. i think mitt romney ought to say something about that. but let's also keep in mind that john sununu is not the only person who was disrespectful of the president. let's remember jan brewer. and the health care speech september 9th, 2009, congressman joe wilson who yelled out you lie in the middle of a presidential speech, i...
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john sununu is a racist. i'm just going to call it. i'm just going to say it. >> i was not responding to you when you said john sununu is a racist. i understand what you're saying but bill maher is not a surrogate for the obama campaign. >> no, he's not. >> he's not been interviewed and making the case. he donates his money. that's his business. but it's not the same thing. >> and also i think it's not right to judge somebody a racist without knowing them. >> i just string together -- if this was just a one-time comment, then you're right, i wouldn't say that. but if you just look at what this man has said about the president, about black people over the last 3 1/2 to 4 years, i don't understand how anyone who doesn't have those sort of view, harbor those sort of views, either you're such a monstrous politician who's going to manipulate a base as much as you can and you don't care what you say or do in other words to do so or you're a racist. this is just me. i don't know the man personally. but if you say racist stuff over and over ag
john sununu is a racist. i'm just going to call it. i'm just going to say it. >> i was not responding to you when you said john sununu is a racist. i understand what you're saying but bill maher is not a surrogate for the obama campaign. >> no, he's not. >> he's not been interviewed and making the case. he donates his money. that's his business. but it's not the same thing. >> and also i think it's not right to judge somebody a racist without knowing them. >> i...
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john sununu, the top romney surrogate, barks at that lazy one in the white house who doesn't know how to be an american, who sarah palin mocks for shucking and jiving, and donald trump accuses again and again and again of being from kenya and playing monkey business with the country's economic numbers. you know, the same fellow romney says cheats on the welfare checks to feed his political base. the guy gingrich calls the food stamp president. listen to sununu last night yelling at former governor bill richardson to shut up saying general colin powell's political judgment is based on racial bias. trump offering a big bet the president won't show his student transcripts all to diminish the president's academic rise to editor of the harvard law review. yes, it's all directed at drumming up the blue collar white vote for the republican ticket and, yes, it smells. david corn is author of "the 47 percent" and joy reid is managing editor of the grio. both are msnbc political analysts. if the romney campaign is really winning, you have to ask, then you wouldn't think they'd be acting like th
john sununu, the top romney surrogate, barks at that lazy one in the white house who doesn't know how to be an american, who sarah palin mocks for shucking and jiving, and donald trump accuses again and again and again of being from kenya and playing monkey business with the country's economic numbers. you know, the same fellow romney says cheats on the welfare checks to feed his political base. the guy gingrich calls the food stamp president. listen to sununu last night yelling at former...
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[laughter] but among his children is christopher sununu come into john sununu has a former united states senator. governor sununu was also the chairman of the new hampshire republican party from 2009 to 2011. i must confess to a little biased because governor sununu has written a book called the quiet man, the indispensable presidency of george h. w. bush. for those of us from texas of course, 41 as we call him is one of the most revered of all texans. briefly, he was a hero. he was the youngest pilot in the united states navy in the second world war shot down. he went there after two yale where he was actually born while he was at yale. 41 was a phi beta kappa and all-american baseball player, captain of the baseball team. he his entire life was a huge success in private business and has a service to the united states is almost without. but this book is about george h. w. bush the person, and how that person most characteristics and personality contributed to a wide variety of accomplishments. so please join me in joining -- join me in welcoming governor sununu. ' >> thank you very much
[laughter] but among his children is christopher sununu come into john sununu has a former united states senator. governor sununu was also the chairman of the new hampshire republican party from 2009 to 2011. i must confess to a little biased because governor sununu has written a book called the quiet man, the indispensable presidency of george h. w. bush. for those of us from texas of course, 41 as we call him is one of the most revered of all texans. briefly, he was a hero. he was the...
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. >> john sununu. >> when you have somebody of your own race that you're proud of being president of the united states. i aplowed colin for standing with him. >> congratulations john sununu. >> does it take mitt romney off. >> the more courage to stand up and say what they said was wrong. >> of course if he refused to let the media ask you questions you never have to worry about giving them answers. >> proipt will hit the interview circuit today. >> doing a total of ten different interviews. >> saul about targeting young voters there. >> we're down to the turnout operations. >> obama's the one who is working it harder. >> 11 days left. there's 11 days left in this campaign. every move counts right now. >> are you fired up? are you ready to go? >>> with just 11 days until the election, which of course means 12 days until john sununu climbs back into his cave, and with only minutes left in which mitt romney can convince me to vote for him, mitt romney remains silent today about his favorite crazy people. mitt romney hasn't answered a single question about the only senate candidate he h
. >> john sununu. >> when you have somebody of your own race that you're proud of being president of the united states. i aplowed colin for standing with him. >> congratulations john sununu. >> does it take mitt romney off. >> the more courage to stand up and say what they said was wrong. >> of course if he refused to let the media ask you questions you never have to worry about giving them answers. >> proipt will hit the interview circuit today....
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with friends like john sununu, mitt romney is headed for a life of leisure beginning the day after the presidential election. joining me now are joy reid, thegrio.com managing editor and msnbc contributor and charles blow, "new york times" columnist. thank you both for joining me. joy, you were here last night and rush limbaugh today picked up what we were talking about. and actually, let's listen to the way he characterized the way we talked about his hateful, racist stereotyping that you just heard in that crazy rant of yesterday. let's listen to what he said. >> now, last night on msnbc, i'm told, ah, limbaugh's racist. you start talking about a black guys doing drugs, that's racist. oh, no, he wrote about it in his book. and they said, well, but limbaugh should know that obama just did this to try to deal with the pain of losing his father, that's the only reason. it's just racist -- limbaugh being racist here by bringing this up. and by the way, that is one of the reasons romney won't go -- they don't want that charge. >> where do we begin? the thing is, he was telling his listene
with friends like john sununu, mitt romney is headed for a life of leisure beginning the day after the presidential election. joining me now are joy reid, thegrio.com managing editor and msnbc contributor and charles blow, "new york times" columnist. thank you both for joining me. joy, you were here last night and rush limbaugh today picked up what we were talking about. and actually, let's listen to the way he characterized the way we talked about his hateful, racist stereotyping...
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joining us, john sununu and john e. sununu. we'll let them figure out which one is the father and which one is the son. so let's just start with the basic question of either -- have either one of you pick a candidate so far? >> no. i have not. >> really? >> i think it's important people understand fundamentally why that is. it's because, by an large in new hampshire, very few republican activists have picked a candidate. even those activists that might have been with a candidate four years ago have been pretty patient. let the field develop. let's let it get set and then listen, over the summer, and then get engaged. >> i narrowed it down to about four, the four former governors, the -- mitch daniels, haley barbour, tim pawlenty and mitt romney. and two of them have dropped out soar that's down to two. if rick perry decides to get in i'll feel comfortable putting him in the mix but my support will probably go to one of those. >> a former governor. >> if you notice, he's very biased towards former governors. >> are you as biased
joining us, john sununu and john e. sununu. we'll let them figure out which one is the father and which one is the son. so let's just start with the basic question of either -- have either one of you pick a candidate so far? >> no. i have not. >> really? >> i think it's important people understand fundamentally why that is. it's because, by an large in new hampshire, very few republican activists have picked a candidate. even those activists that might have been with a...
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i think it's a poor choice of words by john sununu. what i'm more interested is the role of john sununu, this former white house chief of staff, he's been romney's biggest attack dog in this campaign. he's giving romney an edge in a week when he needs an edge, a change in the topic. have sununu out there trying to push that obama's dishonest. that obama's a liar. he's throwing around these phrases. i think it is a play by the romney campaign to get something else on the radar beside romney's tax returns. >> stop there. assume i i said to you, learn how to be an american. >> it's a poor phrase. >> what does it mean? why don't you learn how to be an american, costa. >> i think it means you made a mistake in that phrase. >> what do you mean? i considered it a serious slur against somebody, a fellow american to say they're not really an american. >> if you meant that in a direct way, it would be a mistake. >> want me to play it again? >> i'm not disagreeing with you that it was a bad phrase. it was obviously a poor choice of words and mist
i think it's a poor choice of words by john sununu. what i'm more interested is the role of john sununu, this former white house chief of staff, he's been romney's biggest attack dog in this campaign. he's giving romney an edge in a week when he needs an edge, a change in the topic. have sununu out there trying to push that obama's dishonest. that obama's a liar. he's throwing around these phrases. i think it is a play by the romney campaign to get something else on the radar beside romney's...
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john sununu kept rebutting these objections and finally john sununu became irritated, began speaking in a controlled voice but want to wait to more impassion jones. every time i say something you bring something up. i don't want to hear from you any more. -sitting between them was shuffling his papers trying to affect how to defend his own aid when kennedy jumped to his feet, his bulky frame crating seismic jolt as they crashed against the table. the hours of negotiation, years of maneuvering to get this bill through congress were taking their toll. harkin remembered i thought kennedy was going to grab john sununu by the court. kennedy pointed at him and said you want the let anybody you yell at me or senator harkin, not the staff, go after the big boys. you got something to say, say it to me. the moment was discussed, he suggested the rim be cleared of all staff and only elected members of congress should stay. kennedy's response, i said fine. he was staff. that seems to quiet things down. kennedy sat back as awkward silence filled the room. john senden u.s. normally robust frame se
john sununu kept rebutting these objections and finally john sununu became irritated, began speaking in a controlled voice but want to wait to more impassion jones. every time i say something you bring something up. i don't want to hear from you any more. -sitting between them was shuffling his papers trying to affect how to defend his own aid when kennedy jumped to his feet, his bulky frame crating seismic jolt as they crashed against the table. the hours of negotiation, years of maneuvering...
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sununu, the great senator john sununu. [cheers and applause] melissa: and ted cruz, marco rubio and jeb bush all fighting for third. how will south carolina shake things up? lou dobbs, host of the lou dobbs show is here to weigh in. we have a jam-packed show. don't go anywhere. ♪ at ally bank, no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like social media equals anti-social. hey guys, i want you to meet my fiancÉe, denise. hey. good to meet you dennis. this just got interesting. why pause to take a pill? or stop to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use is approved to treat both erectile dysfunction and the urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas for pulmonary hypertension, as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, de
sununu, the great senator john sununu. [cheers and applause] melissa: and ted cruz, marco rubio and jeb bush all fighting for third. how will south carolina shake things up? lou dobbs, host of the lou dobbs show is here to weigh in. we have a jam-packed show. don't go anywhere. ♪ at ally bank, no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like social media equals anti-social. hey guys, i want you to meet my fiancÉe, denise. hey. good to meet you dennis. this just got interesting. why...
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than john sununu will do in a month. he's the president of the united states and he has a lot of work to do -- >> professor, i think most people would agree that the president does more in his sleep than john sununu. karen finney, what was underneath this, referring to the president as lazy and a pizza boy? >> well, this is what we have seen time and again from the conservatives in terms of the lack of respect for this president. they have really demeaned the office of the presidency. you had a prominent conservative writer earlier this week essentially say the only reason, the only excuse possible as to why barack obama could be ahead in the polls is because he's black. i mean, this -- you also had john sununu several months ago say he doesn't understand what it is to be an american, which he tried to backtrack on that again. again andrea mitchell tried to give him a chance to save himself. time and again we have heard these kinds of attacks that, you know what? john sununu should just keep saying it. every time they sa
than john sununu will do in a month. he's the president of the united states and he has a lot of work to do -- >> professor, i think most people would agree that the president does more in his sleep than john sununu. karen finney, what was underneath this, referring to the president as lazy and a pizza boy? >> well, this is what we have seen time and again from the conservatives in terms of the lack of respect for this president. they have really demeaned the office of the...